Honorable
William
Jennison
aka Genison
Born in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony
Ancestors 
Son of Samuel Jennison
and Judith (Newcomb) Jennison
Brother of
Mercy (Jennison) Jennings, Rachel (Jennison) Barron, Samuel (Jennison) Jennings, Elizabeth (Jennison) Jennings, Judith Jennings, Grace (Jennison) Holden, Peter Jennison, Robert (Jennison) Jenison and Lydia Jennison
Husband of
Elizabeth (Goulding) Jennison
— married
10 Sep 1700 in Charlestown, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Descendants 
Father of
Samuel Jennison,
Abigail (Jennison) Baldwin,
Elizabeth (Jennison) Cogin,
Lydia (Jennison) Brown,
Mary (Jennison) Stearns,
Mercy Jennison and
Peter Jennison
Died about
at about age 64
in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
| Created 31 May 2009
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Biography
The Honorable Judge William Jennison was born in 1676 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay. He was the son of Samuel Jennison and Judith (Newcomb) Jennison. He was Selectman for ten years between 1727 and 1741. He was Representative to the General Court from 1731 to 1732. He gave the land upon which the first Court House in Worcester was ordered to be built in 1732. He married Elizabeth (Golding) Jennison on June 20, 1700 in Charlestown, Massachusetts Bay. He passed away in about 1741 in 1741 in Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts Bay.
Sources
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32309971/william-jennison
- Reminiscences of Worcester from the Earliest Period, The Goulding Family, p.50, Caleb Arnold Wall, Tyler & Seagrave, Worcester Mass., 1877, University Of Virginia, Alderman Library. [1]
Acknowledgments
- WikiTree profile Jennison-34 created through the import of Travis Family Tree.ged on Jun 22, 2011 by Roger Travis.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.39%
Charlie Richmond
:
23andMe, GEDmatch M094522 [compare], yourDNAportal CHA2fd5538e
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~0.39%
Donna Gray :
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AncestryDNA
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~0.39%
~1.56%
Corinne Casper :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A186973 [compare]
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~0.39%
Frank Hopkins :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member fr6703
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Categories: Worcester Common Burial Ground, Worcester, Massachusetts
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